GAS Attack, need a new camera
Jul 14, 2019 08:28:00 #
Out and about yesterday at a small town summer fest I thought I should hit a few garage sales, after all the one I miss will have that item I really need.
This was an estate sale and they are an improvement over the typical garage sale with a better variety of "stuff" I just might need, someday.
Passing the drill press that I can actually use and spotting this little camera I just had to have it. It's in great condition and has the flash, shutter works and takes 120 film. I have learned much on UHH and one thing i that most serious photographers have several vintage cameras around as a reminder of the good ole days. I need one also, and for 2 dollars I now have it.
It is not rare or exotic, but common and the camera my family had when I was a youngster. A nice connection to the past.
This was an estate sale and they are an improvement over the typical garage sale with a better variety of "stuff" I just might need, someday.
Passing the drill press that I can actually use and spotting this little camera I just had to have it. It's in great condition and has the flash, shutter works and takes 120 film. I have learned much on UHH and one thing i that most serious photographers have several vintage cameras around as a reminder of the good ole days. I need one also, and for 2 dollars I now have it.
It is not rare or exotic, but common and the camera my family had when I was a youngster. A nice connection to the past.
Jul 14, 2019 08:40:05 #
Jul 14, 2019 09:28:57 #
Jul 14, 2019 11:55:54 #
Remember when, my mother gave me a similar camera that I was supposed to use as a toy... pleaded for 120 film at the age of six, took pictures of friends, cousins, my dogs puppies etc.. now Nikon digital, former Minolta XD film guy. Thank you for the memories.
Jul 15, 2019 07:18:21 #
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Jul 15, 2019 07:46:57 #
Plieku69 wrote:
Out and about yesterday at a small town summer fes... (show quote)
I had one like it , my first camera, memories.
Jul 15, 2019 09:01:35 #
Jul 15, 2019 11:08:37 #
Pete D wrote:
Remember when, my mother gave me a similar camera that I was supposed to use as a toy... pleaded for 120 film at the age of six, took pictures of friends, cousins, my dogs puppies etc.. now Nikon digital, former Minolta XD film guy. Thank you for the memories.
At age six I also received a small silver camera from my mother. She put film in it, and I also took pictures of my friends and dog. Because the camera was small, my friends didn’t believe it was real ... so I kept opening the back to show them there was film in it.
An example of something you only do once in life.
Jul 15, 2019 11:33:35 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
You might be interested to know that astronaut John Glenn personally bought and used an Ansco Autoset (basically a relabeled Minolta Hi-Matic... a 35mm "point n shoot") on the first US manned space flight. After paying $20 for it at a local drug store, he had it modified with a handle and pop-up viewfinder to be usable while wearing a space suit. NASA hadn't given any thought to taking still photos during the mission. They were recording video and had a specially modified Leica onboard the Mercury spacecraft, used for ultraviolet astrophotography. But no one had thought to just take some shots of the scenery the astronauts were going to see.
There's a photo of Glenn's camera at: https://fstoppers.com/astrophotography/first-cameras-space-374354
It was Wally Schirra, an enthusiastic shutterbug, who got the use of medium format Hasselblad cameras started. He personally purchased a 500C and lens for around $500 and having it modified for use on the Mercury 8 mission. When Hasselblad learned that one of their cameras have been used in space, they approached NASA to work with them providing Hassies for future missions.
You can see replicas of Schirra's camera and details about the mods here: https://fstoppers.com/diy/how-cole-rise-re-created-nasas-first-hasselblad-space-202857
Among other things, those earliest Hassies had a modified film back that couldn't be removed and increased the number of exposures from 12 with standard 120 film to 100 exposures on a special thin emulsion film Kodak produced especially for NASA.
Incidentally, there are almost no photos of Neil Armstrong actually on the moon. That's because the first man to step out onto the moon was the guy with the camera, taking plenty of shots of Buzz Aldrin, who was busy doing other things during their EVAs. Aldrin only took a few photos. After NASA realized this oversight, later lunar mission astronauts each had a camera strapped to their chest and were encouraged to take as many snapshots as possible. Working a camera in the bulky space suit apparently is quite challenging. It was basically just "point, pray and press the button" shooting during the EVAs.
If you are interested in a free, slightly modified Hasselblad camera, there supposedly are close to a dozen of them gathering dust on the moon, available to anyone ambitious enough to go get them! Those cameras and lenses were left behind to save weight during the return trip (they needed to accommodate all those moon rocks). The film cartridges were removed and brought back from the lunar landing missions.
Enjoy your new/old gem! Get some film, load it and go take some shots with it! (That will make you appreciate your DSLR all the more)
Oh, and watch out for that "Old GAS".... I've got about 400 of those old gems now!!
There's a photo of Glenn's camera at: https://fstoppers.com/astrophotography/first-cameras-space-374354
It was Wally Schirra, an enthusiastic shutterbug, who got the use of medium format Hasselblad cameras started. He personally purchased a 500C and lens for around $500 and having it modified for use on the Mercury 8 mission. When Hasselblad learned that one of their cameras have been used in space, they approached NASA to work with them providing Hassies for future missions.
You can see replicas of Schirra's camera and details about the mods here: https://fstoppers.com/diy/how-cole-rise-re-created-nasas-first-hasselblad-space-202857
Among other things, those earliest Hassies had a modified film back that couldn't be removed and increased the number of exposures from 12 with standard 120 film to 100 exposures on a special thin emulsion film Kodak produced especially for NASA.
Incidentally, there are almost no photos of Neil Armstrong actually on the moon. That's because the first man to step out onto the moon was the guy with the camera, taking plenty of shots of Buzz Aldrin, who was busy doing other things during their EVAs. Aldrin only took a few photos. After NASA realized this oversight, later lunar mission astronauts each had a camera strapped to their chest and were encouraged to take as many snapshots as possible. Working a camera in the bulky space suit apparently is quite challenging. It was basically just "point, pray and press the button" shooting during the EVAs.
If you are interested in a free, slightly modified Hasselblad camera, there supposedly are close to a dozen of them gathering dust on the moon, available to anyone ambitious enough to go get them! Those cameras and lenses were left behind to save weight during the return trip (they needed to accommodate all those moon rocks). The film cartridges were removed and brought back from the lunar landing missions.
Enjoy your new/old gem! Get some film, load it and go take some shots with it! (That will make you appreciate your DSLR all the more
)Oh, and watch out for that "Old GAS".... I've got about 400 of those old gems now!!
Jul 15, 2019 13:23:25 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
Plieku69 wrote:
Out and about yesterday at a small town summer fes... (show quote)
This case not GAS. It's called COLLECTING, whatever looks interesting and fun to you. That's very different than feeling like you MUST buy something new, even without particular justification or need.
Some very nice "collectibles" are to be found at garage sales, pawn shops, thrift stores, etc. There's a recycle/reuse business in my town that gets wonderful old camera donations that people think are just junk, from old old film cameras of all types up to, amazingly, pro-level film SLRs, even few-year-old DSLRs. Keep looking!
Jul 15, 2019 18:11:09 #
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Jul 16, 2019 17:03:11 #
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansco#History
ANSCO, the manufacturer of your latest acquisition, has a long and interesting history. I remember using their film, especially Super Anscochrome which, at the time, was one of the fastest color transparency film of the era...a whopping ASA 200! Peter Gowland the famous Hollywood/Glamour photographer, endorsed the film and photographed his favorite model by candel light. An actual slide was included in one of the issues of Popular Photography magazine when the film hit the market.
"GAS" should have a special category for CAMERA COLLECTORS. Perhaps a new acronym is in order. Maybe something like "CAS" or "CAD" for Camera Collrctors Acquisition Disorder. Many of the collectors I know have it worse than just regular photographers. A acute case is "CHD, Camera Hoarders Disease".
ANSCO, the manufacturer of your latest acquisition, has a long and interesting history. I remember using their film, especially Super Anscochrome which, at the time, was one of the fastest color transparency film of the era...a whopping ASA 200! Peter Gowland the famous Hollywood/Glamour photographer, endorsed the film and photographed his favorite model by candel light. An actual slide was included in one of the issues of Popular Photography magazine when the film hit the market.
"GAS" should have a special category for CAMERA COLLECTORS. Perhaps a new acronym is in order. Maybe something like "CAS" or "CAD" for Camera Collrctors Acquisition Disorder. Many of the collectors I know have it worse than just regular photographers. A acute case is "CHD, Camera Hoarders Disease".
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